Hog-ringing tool



. (No Model.) Q 1 i ,W. H. WHITTLBSEY 86 J- HOG RINGINGVTOOL.

No. 259,067. Patented Jline 6, 1882.

WITNESSES I V INVENTOR UN T D STATES PATENT OEEncE.

WILLIAM H. WHITTLESEY AND JOHN G. COOK, OF RUSSELL, IOWA.

HOG-RINGING TOOL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 259,067, 'dated June 6,1882.

Application filed May e1,1ss1.. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

. Be it known that we, WILLIAM H. WHITTLE- stir and J GEN 0. 000K,citizens of the United States, residing at Russell, in the county ofLucasand State of Iowa, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Hog-Bin gin g Tools; andwe do hereby declare thefollowing to bea full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a partof this specification.

Our invention isa snout-piercing instrument which embraces the followingprincipal features. Being constructed entirely of metal, it is composedof an upper or sliding plate, to which is attached a spear-headed chiselfor piercing and a lever to move it, and an under or bed plate, uponwhich said chisel-plate slides, and

to which is fixedly attached the fulcrum-lugot' the sliding-plate lever,the curved clamps for inclosing the animals upper jaw, the hookshapedand slotted snout-piecefor confiningthe rooter of the snout and theclamping-tongs, by which the whole instrument is firmly placed inposition upon the animal when in use, all of which audit-heir purposesare hereinafter more fully described, and illustrated by theaccompanying drawings, in which the same letters designate identicalparts of our'invention, in the different figures respectively, of which-Figure 1 is a top view of a rooting-preventer device, lettered A,showing the chisel-edges of its spear-head and the rectangular recesseson each side of the shank formed by and between the shoulders of thespear-head and the base of the device, all made to fit upon thechiselplate of our snouting-instrument. Fig.2 is a perspective view ofour snout confining and piercing instrument. Fig.3 is a sectional viewof the chisel-plate separated from the instrument.

The letter 0 represents the upper or chisel plate, having-formed out ofits front end a piercing-blade, f, with a spear-shaped head, as shown,the front edges of which are made like that of a chisel, being beveledfrom the bottom. Just back of said chisel eclges, on the upper side, andexactly parallel with them are raised flanges h, meeting at an acuteangle just behind the point of the chisel and on a level with the top ofthe squarely-recessed flange i, raised at the base of said chisel, asshown. These two sets of flanges, h and z, are for the purpose ofholding closely inside them the aforesaid evenly-fiat device shown byFig. 1, and prevent it from slipping ofi' the top of said chisel whenabout to be thrust into the slit made through the snout-rooter by thesaid cuttingedges just in front. plateO slides upon abed-plate,D,and ismoved forward and backward by the lever k, which is hinged to thefulcrum-bar m, projecting horizontally outward from the outer edge ofsaid bed-plate, and conveysby means of the connecting-rod n a free andhorizontal reciprocation to said sliding plate. The bed-plate D is anoblong smooth metallic plane, upon the top and inside the flanged andguiding edges of which the smooth-bottomed chisel-plate slides. Justbelow the fulcrum-bar m, at the rear end of said bed-plate D, thereproject downward beyond its flanged edges the curved arms 0, which servethe purpose of clamping the top of the upper jaws of swine andpreventing the instrument from slipping aside when in operation. Thereis-another similarly-curved arm, 12, extending from the end of the uppershaft or tongue of the clamping-tongs E, for still further steadying thewhole instrument directly over and along the median line of the saidupper jaw.'

At the front or lower end of the bed-plate D is firmly attached thesnout hook or flange s,

The said chisel-- curved and shaped as in the drawings, for the purposeof closely confining the said rooter of the snout, so that when thechisel f isthrust out and through the purposely-made rectangular slot1;, as shown-which slot allows the operator to see where to pierce theslit, while the said snout-piece covers the rooter and nostrilsthe saidslit can be quickly and certainly made. The reciprocation of the slidingplate 0 is limited forward by the front end of said plate being unableto pass the slot c after the chisel, and backward bythe horizontally-projecting check-plate g, against which the flange t then impinges. Saidcheck-plate also stays the sliding platein place upon its bed-plate.

The clamping-tongs E, made in the shape IOO shown by the drawings, isprovided with suitable handles, and has its upper tongue fixed to andunder the middle of the bed-plate D, and its lower tongue, 00, is leftfree to oscillate upon its connecting-pin and provided with aprobe-point, so as not to stick when thrust across the animals mouth.

The operation of the said instrument is as follows: Having caught theanimal and laid it on its right side, leaving its head free, seize thehandle of the tonguew of the clampingtongs E with the left hand and thehandle of the chisel-plate lever k with the right hand, being careful tokeep the lever extended to the right. Thrust the probe-pointed tongue xacross the mouth of the animal between the jaws until the instrumentabove is fairly over the upper jaw and the snout-piece 8 directly overthe breathing-holes of the snout. Then press down the bed-plate D uponthe top of the jaw, carefully inclosing it between the curved clamps 0and 1) and the snout within the snout-piece s, where, by closingtogether the handles of the said clamping-tongs, the instrument isproperly in position for placing the preventer, as follows: Havingproperly laid one of said devices upon the chiself, inside the flanges hand i, and made sure that the slot '27 is not below the inside base ofthe rooter, move the handle of the lever It" quickly to the left, whichcauses the said chisel to pierce a slit, and pass said device throughsaid rooter to its second shoulders, when, by the muscular contractionof the said slit within the recesses and the withdrawal of the chisel,

the device is left fixed in its proper position and condition. Finallyremove the instrument and free the animal by raising the bed-plate D andwithdrawing the tongue 0?.

Having thus described our invention, what claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent of the United States, is-

1. The instrument for fixing the device A into swine-snouts, whichconsists of the sliding plate 0, having the spear-headed chiself,provided with the recessed flanges h and t and the sliding-plate lever7c, and of the bed-plate D and the thereto rigidly-attached fulcrum-lugm,the curved clamps o and p, the slotted snoutpiece 8, and theclamping-tongs E, the lower tongue, or, of which is free and providedwith a probe-point, all as and for the purposes herein specified.

2. In the instrument herein described, the clamping-tongs E, thebed-plate D, audits curved clamps 0 and p, in combination with thesliding plate 0, its chiself, and lever 70, as and for the purposesherein specified.

3. In the instrument herein described, the chisel fand its recessedflanges h and i, in combination with the sliding plate, lever k and theslotted snout-piece s, as and for the purposes herein specified.

In testimony whereof weaffixonr signatures in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM H. WHITTLESEY. JOHN G. COOK. Witnesses:

W. H. BRANHAM, E. M. ALLEN.

